Isaiah 19
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An Oracle Concerning Egypt
1An #See ch. 13:1 oracle concerning #[Joel 3:19]; See Jer. 46:13-26; Ezek. 29:1–31:2; 31:18–32:32 Egypt.
Behold, the Lord #Ps. 18:10, 11; 104:3; [Matt. 26:64; Rev. 1:7] is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
and #Ex. 12:12; [1 Sam. 5:3; Jer. 43:12; 50:2] the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will #ch. 13:7; See Josh. 2:11melt within them.
2And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians,
# [Judg. 7:22] and they will fight, each against another
and each against his neighbor,
city against city, kingdom against kingdom;
3and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
and I will confound#19:3 Or I will swallow up their #ver. 11 counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
and #ch. 8:19the mediums and the necromancers;
4and I will give over the Egyptians
into the hand of #ch. 20:4; Jer. 46:26; Ezek. 29:19a hard master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,
declares the Lord God of hosts.
5And the waters of the sea will be dried up,
and the river will be dry and parched,
6and its canals will become foul,
and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up,
reeds and rushes will rot away.
7There will be bare places by the Nile,
on the brink of the Nile,
and all that is sown by the Nile will be parched,
will be driven away, and will be no more.
8The #[Num. 11:5]fishermen will mourn and lament,
all who cast a hook in the Nile;
and they will languish
who spread nets on the water.
9The workers in #[Ezek. 27:7]combed flax will be in despair,
and the weavers of white cotton.
10Those who are the #[Gal. 2:9] pillars of the land will be crushed,
and all who #Jer. 46:21work for pay will be grieved.
11The princes of #ch. 30:4; Num. 13:22; Ps. 78:43Zoan are utterly foolish;
the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise,
a son of ancient kings”?
12Where then are your #1 Kgs. 4:30; Acts 7:22wise men?
Let them tell you
that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
13The princes of #[See ver. 11 above] Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of #Jer. 2:16; 44:1; 46:14, 19; Ezek. 30:13, 16 Memphis are deluded;
those who are the #[Zech. 10:4]cornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.
14The Lord has mingled within her #[1 Kgs. 22:22] a spirit of confusion,
and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds,
# [ch. 24:20; 29:9] as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
15And there will be nothing for Egypt
that #ch. 9:14head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do.
Egypt, Assyria, Israel Blessed
16In that day the Egyptians will be #Jer. 50:37; 51:30; Nah. 3:13 like women, and #ch. 10:32tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them. 17And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians. Everyone to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the purpose that the Lord of hosts has purposed against them.
18 # ver. 21 In that day there will be #[ch. 30:17; 2 Kgs. 7:13] five cities in the land of Egypt that #[Zeph. 3:9]speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of these will be called the City of Destruction.#19:18 Dead Sea Scroll and some other manuscripts City of the Sun
19In that day there will be an #[2 Kgs. 5:17] altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a #[Gen. 28:18]pillar to the Lord at its border. 20#[See ver. 19 above] It will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry to the Lord because of oppressors, #[Obad. 21]he will send them a savior and defender, and deliver them. 21#[ver. 25] And the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day #Zech. 14:16-18; [ch. 2:2]and worship with sacrifice and offering, and they will make vows to the Lord and perform them. 22#Jer. 46:25, 26And the Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.
23 # ch. 11:16 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, #[ver. 18, 21; Zeph. 3:9]and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
24In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, #[Gen. 12:2, 3]a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt #[Hos. 2:23] my people, and Assyria #ch. 29:23 the work of my hands, and #Deut. 32:9Israel my inheritance.”
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Isaiah 19
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1The burden of Egypt.
“Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt within it. 2I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 3The spirit of the Egyptians will fail within them. I will destroy their counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards. 4I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord. A fierce king will rule over them,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
5The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry. 6The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away. 7The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more. 8The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish. 9Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded. 10The pillars will be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire will be grieved in soul.
11The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings”? 12Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what Yahweh of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt. 13The princes of Zoan have become fools. The princes of Memphis are deceived. They have caused Egypt to go astray, those who are the cornerstone of her tribes. 14Yahweh has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the middle of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit. 15Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do. 16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because of the shaking of Yahweh of Armies’s hand, which he shakes over them. 17The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt. Everyone to whom mention is made of it will be afraid, because of the plans of Yahweh of Armies, which he determines against it. 18In that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Yahweh of Armies. One will be called “The city of destruction.”
19In that day, there will be an altar to Yahweh in the middle of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to Yahweh at its border. 20It will be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior and a defender, and he will deliver them. 21Yahweh will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know Yahweh in that day. Yes, they will worship with sacrifice and offering, and will vow a vow to Yahweh, and will perform it. 22Yahweh will strike Egypt, striking and healing. They will return to Yahweh, and he will be entreated by them, and will heal them.
23In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
24In that day, Israel will be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing within the earth; 25because Yahweh of Armies has blessed them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.”
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